Identifying the best suitable application to open a file shared via a link转让专利
申请号 : US15901817
文献号 : US10693971B2
文献日 : 2020-06-23
发明人 : Brandon Philip Zahl , Daron Spektor , Hui Huang , Jonathan Alexander Bockelman , Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea , Peter Eberhardy , Alisa Yujin So , Kevin Kaiwon Lam
申请人 : Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
摘要 :
The techniques enable a device to identify a best suitable application to open a resource such as a file. The file can be shared via a link or can be attached to a communication. The link comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) or is in some way associated with an underlying URL. The URL includes a pattern, or a portion that identifies a domain (e.g., a hostname) and/or a portion that identifies a type of file that is to be accessed and opened. Upon activation of the link, the device analyzes the URL to determine the pattern. The device then obtains, from a service associated with the URL, a ranked list of applications that are authorized to open the file. Moreover, the device performs, at run-time, a negotiation with the service to determine which application is best suited to open the file.